[flashrom] Flashrom wiki: what license is the content under?

Sam Kuper sam.kuper at uclmail.net
Tue Mar 21 00:43:45 CET 2017


On 20/03/2017, Sam Kuper <sam.kuper at uclmail.net> wrote:
> On 20/03/2017, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net>
> wrote:
>> On 18.03.2017 17:50, Sam Kuper wrote:
>>> Ideally, Flashrom would license the content under the GFDL and CC
>>> BY-SA 3.0, making the content entirely license-compatible with content
>>> from Wikipedia and from the Stack Exchange network of websites.
>>
>> Any licensing which inhibits moving code comments to the wiki or vice
>> versa is a really bad idea.
>
> I doubt this would be a problem in practice. I think there are
> standard exceptions for this sort of thing. But I'll try to remember
> to look into it, because if there *aren't* exceptions for it, then
> you're right: it could be a problem.

Also, even if the wiki content were licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, I
don't see how there would be any more of an impediment to moving text
between the code and the wiki than presently exists. Please correct me
if you think I am mistaken.



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